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Although Briskman's face is not visible in the photo, she disclosed the incident to her bosses at Akima after the image went viral. The company said at the time that the photo barred their Internet-use policy, but Ms. Even though the senior director's Facebook profile identified him as an Akima employee, the suit says, he was allowed to delete the offensive comment and keep his job. Read More »

Given the importance of secure borders to our national security, the National Guard, in coordination with governors, will remain in a support role until Congress takes the action necessary to close the loopholes undermining our border security efforts, including ending the practice of Catch and Release. Read More »

A Disney spokeswoman said he has been placed on unpaid leave pending the outcome of his case. Following an investigation by Champaign police and the Champaign County Probation Department, Vanderploeg was arrested March 28 and appeared that day before U.S. Read More »

Geological Survey. Tsunami warnings have not been issued for coastal areas and no major damage or injuries have been reported, according to authorities. A powerful 5.3 magnitude natural disaster rocked the coast of Southern California Thursday afternoon. "So far, thankfully, there hasn't been any damage reported out of this", he said. Read More »

The announcement from the court is a victory for Puigdemont's lawyers, who had filed an appeal with German authorities stating that the charge of rebellion was unjustified because the instances of violence in the lead up to the referendum last October were relatively isolated. Read More »

Even though Amazon had opened its global platform to Indian sellers in 2015, they were allowed to ship products only to end-consumers. Facebook , Amazon and industrial stocks helped Wall Street extend its recovery on Thursday as fears over a trade war between the United States and China eased. Read More »

The S&P 500 raised 32.57 points, or 1.26 percent, to 2,614.45. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 47.48 points, or 0.68 percent, to 6,893.80. The move was taken after the US administration declared a projected list of products subject to additional tariffs, which covers Chinese exports worth 50 billion dollars with a suggested tariff rate of 25 percent. Read More »

After loading the bases in the bottom of the second with nobody out, Peyton hit an RBI single to left to score the Wildcats first run. "I was not happy with our performance at all", Farmersville head coach Freddie Lopez said. Freshman Madison Bridger picked up four hits in as many at bats, tying the school record for hits in a single game - the fourth time this season the feat has been reached. Read More »

Kharwar's outburst comes after another Dalit MP of the party from UP, Sadhvi Savitri Bai Phoole, has criticised her own party on the Supreme Court ruling on the SC/ST Act. At least 11 people were killed in the massive protest erupted in various parts of the country. You please check at the local level and see if you can find any instances of wrongdoing against me. Read More »

On a previous trip to Spain, in 2012, Falciani was detained on an global arrest request but Spain's High Court ruled against his extradition as the charges he faced in Switzerland were not considered crimes under Spanish law. Swiss authorities have not ruled yet on whether she should be extradited. But Folco Galli, a spokesman for Switzerland's Federal Office of Justice, said it was "completely wrong" to suggest that Swiss authorities have been seeking Falciani's arrest only since March. Read More »

The opposition and Dalit organisations have accused the Modi government of not doing enough after SC verdict on the SC/ST act, which diluted certain provisions. While Modi claimed that no other Government has honoured BR Ambedkar like his Government has done, Shah asserted the Centre would never scrap the policy of reservations for SCs and STs in education and jobs nor allow anyone to do so. Read More »

Nielsen said she's been in touch with governors on the southwest border states and has been working with them to develop agreements that will oversee where and how many Guardsmen will be deployed. "Must build Wall and secure our borders with proper Border legislation". And much of that money can be used only to fix existing segments, not to build new sections. Read More »

The Trump administration is working with four southwestern USA states to deploy the Guard troops, who will not be involved in law enforcement, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has said. Even before Trump got involved, this had become the biggest caravan that this group of organizers had seen. "The way I see it, Nafta negotiations are less intense because the US needs Canada and Mexico more" if it becomes embroiled in a "full-on trade war" with China, he said. Read More »

The case drew national attention, with prominent forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht appearing on the "Dr. Phil" show to challenge the county sheriff and coroner's conclusion that Zahau had taken her own life. Adam Shacknai sits in court in San Diego in February. . "She was murdered and doesn't deserve to be treated the way the sheriff's department treated her", she said. Read More »

The stock increased 1.42% or $0.25 during the last trading session, reaching $17.8. About 8.79 million shares traded. Oracle Corporation ( NYSE: ORCL ) has grabbed attention from the analysts when it experienced a change of 0.22% in the current trading session to trade at $44.99. Read More »

When we divide the last trade volume by the 3-month average volume, we found out a relative volume of 0.74. The target implies a 27.59% spike from where the shares are now trading. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM ) recently closed with fall of -3.84% to its 20-Day Simple Moving Average. The stake In Intl Business Machines ( IBM ) was reduced held by Founders Capital Management Llc. Read More »

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates intervened against the Houthis in Yemen's war in 2015 to restore the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Washington indicated that it is "very concerned about the Houthis' latest attempt to escalate the war in Yemen, this time by attacking a commercial vessel while it transited one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, the Bab al-Mandab, in global waters". Read More »

The passenger plane took off at 1.20pm and landed back at Changi Airport at about 3.25pm, said Scoot. "We're working closely with the authorities for necessary follow-up to ensure the safety of our guests", the airline said. A flight operated by budget airline Scoot was Thursday escorted back to Singapore by fighter jets after a passenger allegedly made a bomb threat, police and the airline said. Read More »

It will expand flights to other tourist and provincial destinations in the Philippines , it said in a statement. The tourism industry urged a less drastic approach to rehabilitating the island and to delay the planned closure . Authorities say they've also discovered illegal, "hidden" pipes on the island used to dispose waste. "Boracay is known as paradise in our nation and this temporary closure is meant to ensure that the next generations will also experience that", Roque told ... Read More »

The attacker, identified as Volkan Bayar, was apprehended by police as he left the scene, Gonen said. It described the shooter as a researcher at the university, and said the dead included a deputy dean, a secretary, and two teaching staff. Read More »

Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, fired in April 2017 after pressure mounted over multiple sexual harassment allegations and settlements , lost pretty big in court on Tuesday. Plaintiffs Rachel Wittlieb, Rebecca Diamond and Andrea Mackris claim that statements made during the past year by O'Reilly, Fox News parent 21st Century Fox and Fox boss Rupert Murdoch amount to defamation and a breach of the separate agreements that the three women reached with O'Reilly. Read More »

The Koreas after a high-level meeting last week agreed on the date of the summit. Four other Blue House officials attending the meeting were Cho Han Ki, protocol secretary to the president, Shin Yong Wook, vice chief of presidential security service, Kwun Hyuk Ki, director of Chunchugwan, Cheong Wa Dae Press Center, and Yun Kun Young, director for government situation room. Read More »

That it is not superstition is known to all Kannadigas. Actor-director Sudeep's visit to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's official house Krishna has led to speculations of Kichcha's entry into politics. It called Siddaramaiah a liar and even defended itself on the fake news allegations. "Hahaha! We are sure the same villager had presented you with a lemon at the time of your oath ceremony and before you sat for the first time on CM's chair". Read More »

The good news is I've changed it from partly sunny to mostly sunny so at least there looks to be more sun that expected. As temperatures warm into the 30s tomorrow , we will likely be able to melt a lot of that snow during the day tomorrow , but snow chances will continue into the afternoon and evening tomorrow with some lake-effect snow showers. Read More »

Media reports said the Supreme Court on February 16 had directed the Centre to set up the authority to control the issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu , within six weeks. Stalin, who was leading the protest march along with other leaders of the Opposition, was detained by the Chennai police for blocking roads shortly after the march began. Read More »

It means she fights her first opponent in the semi-final on Friday, the victor of the bout between England and India, and will be handed a medal even if she loses. "When you look at some of the boys divisions, some of them have 24 to 26 boxers there". However, this isn't the only time that a boxer has secured a medal without fighting as at the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games , Welshman Aneurin Evans was given a bye straight into the final and thus guaranteed himself a medal. Read More »

Exhausted of reading? Click through the gallery above to see what Zlatan Ibrahimovic and nine others said about Ronaldo's wonder goal. Fantastic. I didn't expect to score that goal but let's speak about the game. For Juve, it was only the second defeat in their last 76 matches at home . Porto v Manchester United - Champions League quarter-final, April 15, 2009: Arguably the best goal Ronaldo scored during his time at Old Trafford, the talisman of Sir Alex Ferguson's side crashed in the ... Read More »

As per the reports, the government should release the funds within the 30 days of receiving it from the centre but the government did not allocate any funds to respected agencies for at least ten months. The municipal bodies said they had constructed some toilets out of their own resources under their own sanitation programme, the report said. The CAG report also shows that the government has only spent Rs 2 crores from Rs 5 crores on the awareness campaign to aware the people about the ... Read More »

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said developments in Syria, where the Syrian army and its allies have driven back rebels in recent years, showed that the United States had "failed to topple the Syrian government" of President Bashar al-Assad. Read More »

Judith Giuliani filed divorce papers Wednesday at a court in Manhattan, listing the case as "contested". Confirming that Judith has filed for divorce, Rudy added to Page Six , "In these divorce situations, you can not place blame, it is 50/50, there are problems on both sides". Read More »

It was a setback for Australia's track team - although she plans to be hands-on despite her non-competitive role - and for the games. The 2012 Olympic gold medallist and two-time world champion in the 100m hurdles is entered in her specialist event and the sprint relay at the Gold Coast Games. Read More »

Following the court's narrow decision against allowing Lula to remain free pending new appeals, it was expected that Brazil's chief anti-corruption judge, Sergio Moro, would soon issue an order for the two-term former president to be incarcerated. Read More »

The shooting happened on Easter Sunday around 2 a.m.at the Valero gas station on Almeda and Southmore in southwest Houston . A few seconds later, the woman is seen pointing a gun at the camera and waving it around in the auto. They allegedly sold her to a man in Jaipur, but she managed to escape from there and approached the Jaipur police on March 29, police said. The second man in the video was not charged. Read More »

As a woman she kept the family and the hopes of all black people alive. The flag above the Great Hall at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in Johannesburg, where Madikizela-Mandela obtained a bachelor of arts degree, was flown at half-mast in honour of her memory. Read More »

One of the entrances to the Port Authority Bus Terminal was closed Wednesday morning after police say white powder was found in a walkway to the subway. The powder was discovered dispersed on about 25 feet of the sidewalk on 8th Avenue near 40th Street shortly after 9 a.m. and an NYPD Hazmat team deemed the substance nonhazardous shortly after, the NYPD said. Read More »